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Some drunk driving statistics:
- There is an alcohol-impaired traffic fatality every 51 minutes
- 10,228 people died in alcohol-impaired crashes in 2010
- In 2010 alcohol-impaired crash fatalities accounted for 31 percent of all crash fatalities
- An estimated 1.5 million DUI arrests were made in 2008. Works out to one arrest for every 141 licensed U.S. drivers
- Women arrested for DUI increased by nearly 30 percent between from 1998 to 2007 while decreasing 7.5 percent for men
Have you received a DUI? Mid-Columbia Insurance is the local expert on SR-22s so you can get your license back. We have offices in Kennewick & Richland, Pasco, Sunnyside, and Yakima
The full Insurance Information Institute Report on Drunk Driving is available on their website and has much more detail.